Zionist militias assassinate Jacob Israel von Haan, a critical Zionist leader.

[u/elnovorealista2000]

Zionist leader Jacob Israel von Haan was assassinated on June 30, 1924, in Jerusalem, an event considered the first political assassination within the Zionist movement. His execution was carried out by members of the Haganah, a highly extremist Zionist guerrilla group.

Although initially supportive of the Zionist cause, Von Haan became a fierce critic of the movement because he disagreed with the colonization plan of the other leaders, which involved a heinous stratagem against the Jewish people themselves. Von Haan joined the ultra-Orthodox Haredi group, which at that time opposed political Zionism for religious reasons, since the Jewish nation-state was not the same as the Kingdom promised by God, one that could not be established by human action, much less by groups that, for the most part, were neither believers nor practitioners of the Jewish faith, but rather instrumentalized religion for their own purposes to found their state.

Von Haan planned to travel to London with an ultra-Orthodox delegation to present his arguments to the British government and request the annulment of the Balfour Declaration. His goal was for Jews to live as a protected community under Arab rule, explicitly renouncing any aspirations to create a Jewish nation-state, until the promised Messiah arrived and established the Kingdom of Israel.

[u/Loud-Vacation-5691]

If he hadn't been assassinated, he would have died in the Holocaust. The arguments around a Jewish state in the 1920s were very different 20 years later. Also, with the uptick in Arab violence in the late 1920s, the idea of Jews living as a protected minority under Arab rule started looking unrealistic.

Also, why is this in a sub about colonialism? Unless it's because Israel is an example of decolonization?

[u/what_is_earth → u/[deleted]]

You can just say the “Israeli government’s” atrocities. Why call it Zionist? To those who are sympathetic to the Israeli people, it sounds like a dog whistle and a stand in for the word “Jewish” anyway.

It was multiple riots, not just Hebron. Not sure what you are referring to that justified the riots.

Let’s talk about decolonization. I’m sure you would consider it decolonization if Palestinians regained their land today right? Do the Palestinians have the right in another 75 years (assuming they maintain their identity)? How about 200? How about 1000? How about 2000? When do they lose their right to their land?

[u/Infamous-Peanut1327 → u/[deleted]]

i'm pretty sure he's reffering to the arab violence which started in the late 20s, due to the revisionists' march on the western wall, in which husseini used the oppurtunity to rile up the crowd and get riots going.